Northport man charged with murder after death of elderly mother

Friday

Investigators with the Northport Police Department on Friday arrested a man who was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in connection with the death of his 87-year-old mother.

NORTHPORT | Investigators with the Northport Police Department on Friday arrested a man who was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in connection with the death of his 87-year-old mother.Sgt. Tim Sullivan with NPD’s criminal investigation division said that Davis Langley Marshall was arrested at his residence in the 500 block of Main Avenue at 2:20 p.m. Friday after a yearlong investigation.Sullivan said that NPD officers responded to a medical call at 87-year-old Ruth Marshall’s residence on Sept. 28, 2011.When officers arrived, they found Ruth Marshall was malnourished, unclean and extremely underweight, Sullivan said. She was taken to by ambulance DCH Regional Medical Center, where she died 10 days later.According to investigators, Davis Marshall, who lived with Ruth Marshall and was her caregiver, did not give her proper physical care and that he misappropriated her finances.Marshall was charged by a Tuscaloosa County grand jury with murder, manslaughter, exploitation of assets and abuse and neglect of the elderly. He was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where his bond was set at $100,000.

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